Comments Thread For: 'Daniel Dubois is more powerful than Anthony Joshua'

[Zelda]

Dubois might have the more powerful punch if he lands cleanly but Joshua is certainly the smarter, more fluid, more agile, and more versatile boxer with better defense and footwork. Joshua is the favorite going into this fight by a significant margin.

[TMLT87]

I mean, suppose its hard to argue with actual first hand experience. But it looks to me like AJ is the more explosive puncher and way more capable of seriously hurting you with one shot. People used to call AJ the big stiff bodybuilder etc but he is fluid and quick compared to DDD.

I honestly dont think this will be a competitive fight. AJ is better than DDD basically everywhere. In 3-4 years when AJ is in clear decline? maybe DDD wins, but he is going to get his **** pushed in here, probably before the 8th.

[hugh grant]

I mean, suppose its hard to argue with actual first hand experience. But it looks to me like AJ is the more explosive puncher and way more capable of seriously hurting you with one shot. People used to call AJ the big stiff bodybuilder etc but he is fluid and quick compared to DDD.

I honestly dont think this will be a competitive fight. AJ is better than DDD basically everywhere. In 3-4 years when AJ is in clear decline? maybe DDD wins, but he is going to get his **** pushed in here, probably before the 8th.

Realistically it will be competitive. Josh was competitive with helenius and the other American whose name escapes me......jermain franklyn

[gooderz84]

I got Joshua winning inside the distance in a tough fight. Dubois is better than people give him credit for. Usyk is pretty good as it happens and his face broke against Joyce. I do think we're finally looking at the real Joshua now though. No facade, no persona, plenty of spite. Plenty of action for 6 or 7 rounds.

[Roberto Vasquez]

I wonder what happens when DDD starts landing his big shots.

Could be a panic mode 2.0 for Joshua.,

Joshua is always vulnerable but I see this a lower difficulty fight for AJ. Dubois is there to be hit and AJ is just the better boxer. Also Dubois' chin isn't great either so....

I'm sure AJ is much happier fighting Dubois than Zhang, Bakole or Usyk

Dubois hasn't really beaten anyone that great - good results against Miller and Hrgovoic but beofore that he got stopped by Joyce and Usyk

I think the fact they have sparred a lot of rounds together probably makes this a later stoppage than it would be otherwise, but I say AJ stops Dubois in round 8

[JakeTheBoxer]

Joshua is always vulnerable but I see this a lower difficulty fight for AJ. Dubois is there to be hit and AJ is just the better boxer. Also Dubois' chin isn't great either so....

I'm sure AJ is much happier fighting Dubois than Zhang, Bakole or Usyk

Dubois hasn't really beaten anyone that great - good results against Miller and Hrgovoic but beofore that he got stopped by Joyce and Usyk

I think the fact they have sparred a lot of rounds together probably makes this a later stoppage than it would be otherwise, but I say AJ stops Dubois in round 8

If Joshua fought Zhang or Bakole, you would say the same about Zhang or Bakole.

[crimsonfalcon07]

If Joshua fought Zhang or Bakole, you would say the same about Zhang or Bakole.

Those are totally different fights from Dubois. Zhang is actually really hard to hit clean, has very underrated defense, and may be the biggest puncher in the division, but gasses out. Bakole needs to fight a few more of the higher level guys so we know what we have, but he's got good short power, and reminds me of what Joyce was supposed to be. Both those guys have a good puncher's chance, especially Zhang who is so accurate, and Bakole could maybe overwhelm him like Ruiz, but Joshua could outbox them for the first 6 and then take control in the latter half. Dubois is there to be hit. He needs a guy that he's faster than, because otherwise his defensive irresponsibility ends up making him pay. I don't really see how Dubois wins outside of landing a lucky punch, personally, because Joshua is better in every area that Dubois is good. It's heavyweight, so anything can happen, but that's a very difficult fight for Dubois IMO. Joshua was competitive with Usyk. Dubois lost every second that he wasn't punching Usyk in the cup, and then got stopped by a jab from a cruiserweight. Not a good look.

[MONGOOSE66]

Lawrence Okolie believes that Daniel Dubois has an advantage in power over Anthony Joshua
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Something a casual says. Power dont mean **** if you cant connect. I mean it in general. Not talking about this fight.

[PRINCEKOOL]

I don't think Dubois hits with more power than Joshua 'Notice how they are only asking sparring partners. Sparring is not fighting, and I am sure? In the Olympic training camps, or where Anthony Joshua was based during all those years, when he was sparring with Joe Joyce, Daniel Dubois and many other fighters. The coaches there especially Robert McCracken, were not instructing fighters to go out there and obliterated other sparring partners'.

I am almost certain that this was not the training culture in the English Institue of Sport England 'In Sheffield'.

Are you guys serious? That place is not Catskill New York late 1980's, it is not Kronk Gym, Wild Card Boxing gym, or Floyd Mayweather Junior's gym.

In those boxing gyms, the training culture is different 'And most likely many times more brutal, when it comes to sparring. Anybody who knows anything about boxing, will agree with me pretty much 1000% on that'.

Daniel Dubois is clearly a solid power puncher, but this new narrative that 'All of a sudden he is a more proven power puncher than Anthony Joshua, is not really backed with much hardcore evidence'.

They are asking sparring partners 'Domestic level fighters, who have achieved zero feats on a World level. This is the evidence people are using to claim Daniel Dubois is a more destructive power puncher than Anthony Joshua'.

In a real competition, and a fight 'Anthony Joshua offense overall is by far the more proven, at a higher level'.

Note: This fight is also not about which of these fighters lands first 'Because out of these two fighters, only one of them has been knocked out by a jab. And that fighter is Daniel Dubois'.

Dubois was stopped and knocked out by a Jab from Oleksandr Uysk 'That is a 1000% fact'.

I am all honesty heavily concerned for Daniel Dubois in this fight 'I have stated this in previous posts. Daniel Dubois potentially IS a matter of weeks away, from his worst most serve lost of his career'.

People can document and check my posts, I issued a similar warning before the Francis Ngannou vs Anthony Joshua fight 'The conclusion to that fight, was that Francis Ngannou suffered his worst loss in his entire combat sporting career. A loss that effects him beyond boxing'.

To conclude: Daniel Dubois come September 22nd, potentially for the first time in his career 'May leave the ring after a fight, without being able to take any positives from his performance. Dubois has been beaten before in his career, but he has always been able to take positives from his performances'.

Anthony Joshua has the ability, to completely eliminate the possibility of any positives arising for Daniel Dubois in the fight. I have stated from the the moment that this fight was announced? People that know the game, would not be surprised if Daniel Dubois does not make it past 3 rounds vs Anthony Joshua'.

I am going to take it a step further today, the intensity of my conviction is going to be increase 'I can potentially envision a fight, where Daniel Dubois does not win a single minute of the fight'.

This is so far the pinnacle of Daniel Dubois career, he may never rise to a level so high like this again 'He is fighting Anthony Joshua, The Olympic Champion, and former two time World Heavyweight Champion. The Heavyweight fighter who conclusively took the Heavyweight Division into a completely new dynasty on April 29th 2017'.

After this fight, there is a high potential that people are not going to be saying things like 'Daniel Dubois really put in a great effort, he showed so much courage'. And not because he is not courageous fighter, or a top level fighter. But because quite simply Anthony Joshua has the ability to increase his game, to a level which is on a completely different stratosphere to anything Daniel Dubois in his team can even conceptualize'.

It will be more like 'There is that guy, who got decimated by Anthony Joshua. Oh look there he is walking down the street, didn't he get smashed by Anthony Joshua? Yes I think he did'.

I personally will not be one of those people, because I have a level of respect for a fighter. But this is how certain folk in mass behave in society towards fighters'.

For the large majority of the public, that will be the dominating perception of Daniel Dubois 'He has never been in a fight, or on a fight card anywhere near this level'.

This is Daniel Dubois's definitive moment in his career 'And it may be the most brutal and serve experience he has ever had inside a boxing ring'.

People need to put more respect on Anthony Joshua's game 'This fight is not Power VS Power, it is not Brawn vs Brute strength. It is a fight between a Battled hardened, Air Superiority fighter Jet, Super Sonic Bomber vs a Land Based Tank'.

This fight is a great opportunity for Daniel Dubois, but I would not categorize the fight stylistically a great match up for him etc.

[pollywog]

I do think we're finally looking at the real Joshua now though. No facade, no persona, plenty of spite. Plenty of action for 6 or 7 rounds.

The real Anthony Joshua couldnt put a dent in Joseph Parker over 12 rounds, ran away from Andy Ruiz for another 12 and got schooled over 24 rounds by Usyk.